THIS month people across the world will acknowledge National Doodle Day.

The day is a fundraising event for the National Epilepsy Society held annually on September 27.

Hundreds of artists, illustrators and celebrities have picked up their pens, pencils and paints to create original artworks which are auctioned to raise money.

Last year saw the cause celebrate our biggest ever National Doodle Day, with the support of more than 600 artists, illustrators & celebrities that got doodling to raise funds for Epilepsy Action.

This year marks the 20th anniversary and the auction period has been extended to ten days throughout September, as opposed to the usual three days.

Schools are encouraged to host their very own Doodle Days and allow their pupils to create their very own pieces of art work.

We wanted to show you how drawing, along with many other forms of art work can be beneficial to people of all ages.

It can also be used as a tool to learn and grow. Whilst helping to raise money for a very worthy cause people will also be able to get creative and express themselves through various forms of media.

Here in the UK art is seen as fundamental to our education systems and is used in lessons from pre school level right through to GCSEs and Post 16 studies.

These photos show how art has been used in schools through projects and lessons to help the children and young people to grow and develop further in their studies.

We hope some of these pictures bring back some fond memories for some of you.